The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, Selected from the Best Writers ...Stereotyped, printed and published by H. and E. Phinney, 1829 - 252 pages |
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... friendship between David and Jonathan . " I am distressed for thee , my brother Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving Da- vid ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women ...
... friendship between David and Jonathan . " I am distressed for thee , my brother Jonathan , " said the plaintive and surviving Da- vid ; " very pleasant hast thou been to me : thy love for me was wonderful ; passing the love of women ...
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... friendships and connexions which they have secured ; and from the plans of con- duct which they have formed . Alas ! how deceitful do all these dreams of happiness often prove ! While many are say- ing in secret to their hearts , " To ...
... friendships and connexions which they have secured ; and from the plans of con- duct which they have formed . Alas ! how deceitful do all these dreams of happiness often prove ! While many are say- ing in secret to their hearts , " To ...
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... friendship , broken confidence , and open enmity , the suspicious temper itself is one of the worst evils which any man can suffer . If " in all fear there is tor- ment , " how miserable must be his state , who , by living in perpetual ...
... friendship , broken confidence , and open enmity , the suspicious temper itself is one of the worst evils which any man can suffer . If " in all fear there is tor- ment , " how miserable must be his state , who , by living in perpetual ...
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... friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when those for whom we labour are cut off from us ; those who animated , and who sweetened all the toils of life . 3 Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom ...
... friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when those for whom we labour are cut off from us ; those who animated , and who sweetened all the toils of life . 3 Where then can the soul find refuge , but in the bosom ...
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... Friendship . BLAIR I AM informed that certain Greek writers , ( philosophers , it seems , in the opinion of their countrymen , ) have advanced some very extraordinary positions relating to friendship ; as , indeed , what subject is ...
... Friendship . BLAIR I AM informed that certain Greek writers , ( philosophers , it seems , in the opinion of their countrymen , ) have advanced some very extraordinary positions relating to friendship ; as , indeed , what subject is ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing bliss breast Caius Verres cheerful dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes father favour fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n HERACLITUS honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never night noble Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasures possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles solitude sorrow soul sound spect spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou art thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth